January 2015 2nd volume Number 002 eNews FOR THE FIRST TIME BUEMI AND DA COSTA STORM TO VICTORY 26-page special “Formula E goes South America“ The big Formula E Social Media Analysis Pros and Cons: Minimum pit stop time Energy Recovery in Formula E Formula E testing in Uruguay GET CHARGED! How Qualcomm revolutionises our understanding of battery charging EDITORIAL| 01 365 BLANK PAGES - LET‘S WRITE SOME GOOD ONES appy new year everyone! Half of January is already gone and 2015 does not feel very new to me anymore but yet I am still highly moti- H vated. 2015 is going to be a great year, at least I am convinced of this. So you can see that my early year‘s optimisn still hasn‘t passed. 2015 is the year when Formula E finally makes its way to Europe and to e-racing.net‘s and my hometown - Berlin. We seriously cannot wait to have the electrifying Formula E buzz over here and thanks to our high-running motiva- The 2015 Berlin ePrix - we cannot wait! eNews release dates 2015 tion we will present you with a content-packed „Europe Special“ edition of eNews which will be released in time for the Monte Carlo ePrix. 16-01-2015 eNews 002 But the „European Special“ is not the only suprise we have 13-02-2015 eNews 003 in store for you. When we are all still drying our tears about 13-03-2015 eNews 004 the first Formula E season of all time ending, we will give you the amazing oppertunity to travel back in time and experience it all again - in our big „Formula E season review 14-03-2015 Miami ePrix 2014-2015“. A small secret shall be uncovered already: you can look forward to more than 100 pages. Isn‘t this 04-04-2015 Long Beach ePrix quite something? Until then we will keep you updated on the action with our 10-04-2015 eNews 005 monthly issues of eNews which will be released on the 2nd Friday of every month from now on, following some sche- dule problems with some of the races. 24-04-2015 The Big European Special Edition notice This time we take you back to Punta del Este and Buenos Editors Aires, the two South American Formula E rounds. Further- 08-05-2015 eNews 006 Antonia Grzelak, Laurence more we will have a look at Formula E‘s founding partner Thorn, Renate Jungert, Topher Qualcomm and their technology. Also included in this issue Smith, Bethonie Waring, Ste- is the first part of our big Social Media analysis which eva- fan Ruitenberg, Shaun Snape 09-05-2015 Monte Carlo ePrix luates the team‘s activity on twitter, facebook and co. The 30-05-2015 Berlin ePrix first part focuses on Buenos Aires ePrix-winning team Editor-in-chief Amlin Aguri and Andretti Formula E. This and much more Antonia Grzelak will hopefully keep you entertained until eNews 003 is 12-06-2015 eNews 007 out. Layout Antonia Grzelak, Laurence Thorn Let‘s rock this year together, Photos 27-06-2015 London ePrix FIA Formula E Media, Qualcomm Copyright 10-07-2015 eNews 008 All rights reserved. No part of this ePaper may be reproduced, copi- ed, modified or adapted, without 31-07-2015 The Big Formula E Season Review 14-15 the prior written consent of the author, unless otherwise indica- ted for stand-alone materials. 02| CONTENTS 08 COLUMN | 03 CONTENTS 03 Column To write or not to write? 04 SPECIAL The first ERN column... 06 Punta del Este race report 10 Punta del Este driver ratings 14 Punta del Este ePrix in tweets ... In which you will find a bit of rambling about mys- elf, and a lot of rambling about the fine points of how 15 Results Punta del Este ePrix to write a column and what to write about. (In other 16 Punta del Este test words, here is your preview for our latest feature.) So, here we are, this is your second-in-command speaking. 18 Buenos Aires race report The name is Jungert, Renate Jungert, and as deputy edi- 22 Buenos Aires driver ratings tor-in-chief of ERN I have received the glorious, glamou- rous task of writing a wonderful column about the curio- 26 Buenos Aires ePrix in tweets sities of our favourite Formula E to keep you, our dearest 27 Results Buenos Aires ePrix readers, entertained. Or something like that, anyway. 28 Championship Standings All jokes aside, this column-writing thing proves to be tri- cky when you do it for the very first time. It sure sounds easy enough in theory. You write, you try to be witty and 30 Get charged: Qualcomm funny and entertaining. Emphasis on trying. Or hoping 34 Tech Corner: Energy Recovery and praying in my case, because my sense of humour is made entirely of sarcasm, self-deprecation, and bad 36 Pros & Cons: Minimum pit stop time internet memes. Anyway… hopefully you’re writing away 37 The Social Media Analysis merrily, and the scary blank page staring back at you from your computer screen will have disappeared soon. 40 The impact of Formula E on SUFST So much for theory. In practice however, you’ll encounter a 41 The Formula E App review stumbling block of considerable size right at the beginning… Namely, the question of all questions: What do you actually 42 Formula E and sustainability write about? That age-old trick of writing about what to write works only once, sadly. So, let’s have a look at the electrifying eccentrics of our favourite Formula E series. 43 Sparking the next month We had many controversial curiosities since the begin- ning of the season: the Fanboost has split up the fanbase and caused a lot of debate amongst generally everyo- ne involved or watching. The Sound of E was something to get used to for everyone coming in from Formula 1 (though the new ear-friendly V6 turbo engines might have made the transition slightly easier). The safety car is such a regular guest on track, we might just start wri- ting about its adventures. We’ve got sweet social me- dia banter to keep track of, and the occasional technical teething problem and electric gremlin to comment on… Long story short, we are well-provided with weapons for a vic- tory over the evil blank page. And if there is anything else you wish to see featured in the ERN column, write me an e-mail at [email protected], the arsenal can’t get big enough! Yours, Renate 04| SOUTH AMERICAN SPECIAL SOUTH AMERICAN SPECIAL| 05 FORMULA E GOES SOUTH AMERICA Our eNews 002 special focuses on races on Punta del Este and Buenos Aires. We take you back to the action and Sebastien Buemi and An- tonio Felix da Costa‘s first wins in the series, making it four different winners in four races. Also, we will have a closer look at the Formula E test in Punta del Este , following the breathtaking ePrix in Uruguay. 06| PUNTA DEL ESTE PUNTA DEL ESTE| 07 Sebastien Buemi celebrates his victory Sebastien Buemi takes his first victory... ... while Lucas di Grassi increases championship lead The third time is the charm: After two difficult week- ends for the French team, e.dams-Renault won the Punta del Este ePrix with Sebastien Buemi. Nelson 25°C, sunshine and the beach – minutes ahead of the third race of back and was right behind Jaime Piquet Jr. (China Racing) experienced an eventful Formula E hosting city Punta del the season, the three lucky Fan- Alguersuari (Virgin Racing) at Este in Uruguay definitely made Boost winders were announced: the end of lap one. The battle for race and crossed the finish line in P2 while champi- an impression on the series’ This time it would be Vergne, sixth position was entertaining onship leader Lucas di Grassi (Audi Sport ABT) secu- fans with its stunning scenery Salvador Duran and Nick Heid- the spectators for quite a whi- and the challenging track. The feld who would be able to use the le as the Spaniard and di Grassi red his third podium position in a row as he took P3. fantastic location, the previous extra boost to their advantage. showed amazing wheel-to-wheel thrillers in Beijing and Putrajaya racing but it was di Grassi’s team- Editor Antonia Grzelak | Photo credit FIA Formula E Media and the uniquely talented star- When the lights went out it was mate Daniel Abt who was the ting grid granted Formula E an Piquet Jr. who took the lead after centre of attention: The talented early Christmas present as the an impressive start while pole- young German once again suf- ePrix was completely sold out. sitter Vergne struggled a bit and fered from technical issues that Furthermore he starting grid had to line up behind the Brazili- caused him to drop back through held a lot of excitement as For- an. The duo was followed by the the field. Again it seemed unlikely mula E newbie Jean-Eric Vergne e.dams-Renault pair Buemi and for Abt to score any points so he (Andretti Formula E) took pole- Prost with Venturi’s Nick Heidfeld tried to secure the fastest lap of position earlier in the day. Chi- right behind. Going into the first the race to leave Punta del Este na Racing’s Nelson Piquet Jr. and corner it looked like champions- with two championship points. the pole-setter from the previous hip leader Lucas di Grassi (Audi rounds – Nicolas Prost (e.dams- Sport ABT) might take fourth In front of the field Vergne was Renault) – followed the French- place yet the Brazilian had to cut pressuring Piquet Jr.